History of Varennes, Québec, Canada

Journey back in time to Varennes, Québec, Canada

(Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes)

• 1681 - Parish of Varennes opened
  
  Le Programme de recherche en démographie historique - Univeriste de Montreal
  
  
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  Beauchemin ancestral home
  
  The home was originally built in the late 1600s in Varennes. It was in the Beauchemin family for over 300 years but then there was a family fight about it and it was left empty for a few years. Someone bought it at the ... Read MORE...
  
  Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald
  
• 1692 - Basilique Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes established at Varennes
  
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  Basilique Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes
  30, rue de la Fabrique, Varennes, QUÉBEC J3X 1R1
  Established 1692
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• 1828 - Accidents by Lightning
  During the thunder storm on Friday evening, last, the electric fluid alighted on the house of an inhabitant named Girrard, in the Parish of Varennes, ...Read MORE...
  
  
  
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  St. Joachim Chapel, Built in 1831
  Chapelle de procession Saint-Joachim à Varennes, Québec, Canada
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• 1832 - VARENNES,
  seigniory, in the co. of Vercheres, between Boucherville and Cap St Michel or La Trinite, is bounded in the rear by the augm. to Beloeil. - 28 arpents...Read MORE...
  
  
  
• 1873
  VARENNES, a thriving post village in Vercheres co., Que., on the S. shore of the St. Lawrence, 18 miles below Montreal. Its beautiful situation and ex...Read MORE...
  
  
  
•  1888 - To Pray For Rain. Canadians Suffering From the Effects of a Drouth.
  MONTREAL, Aug. 3 - The continual drouth in the country district has revived the project to have special services for rain in the county parishes. Vare...Read MORE...
  
  
  
• 1890 - Varennes
  Varennes. vil., Quebec, co. Vercheres, on R. St Lawrence, 18 m. E. of Montreal. P. of sub-dist. 1,789.
  The Pocket Atlas and Gazetteer of the Dominion of Canada John George Bartholomew John Murdoch Harper January 1, 1890 London : J. Walker
  
  
• 1897 - Serious brush fires are raging and doing much damage in the vicinity of St. Come, St. Julie and Varennes, Que.
  
  The Ottawa Journal
  Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
  October 29, 1897
  
  
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  Beauchemin Ancestral Home Drawing
  
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  “The Beautiful Old Houses of Quebec.”
  Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald
  
• 1903 - Escaped Inmate of Asylum Recognized
  Son of Seigneur of Varennes Seen at Old Orchard.
  
  Special to the Boston Journal.
  Old Orchard, Me., Aug 10 - Aimie Lussier, son of the seigneur of V...Read MORE...
  
  
  
• 1906 - Five Small Boys Drowned in Brook
  Varennes, Que., Nov. 24. - While on their way to school yesterday five little boys attempted to cross a brook which had been covered with a thin sheet...Read MORE...
  
  
  
• 1906
  Varennes, a post-village of Vercheres co., Quebec, on the S. shore of the St. Lawrence River, 12 miles from Montreal, on the Quebec Southern R. Its be...Read MORE...
  
  
  
• Varennes
  Varennes, Québec, City, pop 20 950 (2006c), 19 653 (2001c), inc 1972. Varennes is located on the south shore of the St Lawrence River across from Mont...Read MORE...